ANNOUNCEMENT - A new revitalised Executive Club is coming
Sep 1, 2011, 8:33 am
#241
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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Refund of Avios points on new discounted routes?
Say I am booked LHR-JFK, for which I paid the old 150k BA miles. Now that the route has been reduced to 120k Avios points and BA miles become Avios points at 1:1, will I be refunded the 30k points I have "overpaid?" If not, can I just cancel my award and then re-book at the lower rate? Also, is there a note anywhere as to what the new rates will be for upgrades from J to F etc...?
Sep 1, 2011, 8:34 am
#242
Join Date: May 2011
Location: YYC
Programs: AC E, Priority Club Plat, Hyatt Plat
Posts: 215
My guess is with this distance based system, I would surely miss the best redemption value of BAEC --> North America to Far East in biz for 100k.
I better plan for a NYC-HKG-DPS trip before the price raised significantly.
I better plan for a NYC-HKG-DPS trip before the price raised significantly.
Sep 1, 2011, 8:37 am
#245
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: London
Posts: 3,439
The Premium Plus BA Amex only requires a spend of £10,000 but of course you have to pay for it! The free flight comes out of BA award availability so is not the same as the Amex companion flights. Unless you want to redeem to SYD there is generally lots of availability if you plan in advance.
Sep 1, 2011, 8:40 am
#246
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Thanks still quite early here (okay so 10am on holiday is early for me) and I couldn't manage that leap on my own without the help of a calculator or spreadsheet.
Sep 1, 2011, 8:42 am
#247
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Austin, TX
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Plat
Posts: 30
Prices for MultiplePartner / OneWorld Awards?
Can't seem to find any indication of proposed changes to the Multiple Partner redemption awards (parallel of the AA OneWorld awards). Previously, the prices of the Economy awards on BA were equal to the AA prices, but the Business & First were more expensive compared to the parallel American award (on AA, 220k got you a journey up to 50000 miles in Business class, while the same award was 320k; first class was 330k and 480k respectively). Any idea if the BA biz/first redemptions on OneWorld awards are getting price cuts?
Sep 1, 2011, 8:45 am
#248
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: FL
Programs: AA, BA, HH
Posts: 173
Any idea if using Avios on AA metal within the USA stays the same?
12.5K > 25K > 37.5K each way.....
Happy to see the reduction in J & F to Europe from North America. I may get to use that 2-for-1 voucher still.
12.5K > 25K > 37.5K each way.....
Happy to see the reduction in J & F to Europe from North America. I may get to use that 2-for-1 voucher still.
Sep 1, 2011, 8:47 am
#250
Join Date: Apr 2009
Programs: BA Exec (Silver), SPG (corporate), IHG
Posts: 170
change your card???
as for availability i'm afraid your in-laws experience is not mine, each year for the past few i've successfully booked at least 1 if not 2 trips a year using the 241 companion voucher (club to CPT in Nov & first to NYC in Dec are 2011's), in fact a few years ago i managed 4 first redemptions to CPT in Feb. SFO, NYC, LAX, BGI, HKG, DXB & YVR have also been secured with the voucher.
JJ
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Sep 1, 2011, 8:50 am
#253
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Sep 1, 2011, 8:51 am
#254
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I didn't see that list (since it is on the airmiles site and I was looking at the BAEC site), and I would certainly expect that MCO and MIA would be in the same zone, but if MCO is not changing, then that would mean that MIA/MCO would now be the same as the west coast, instead of being in the same zone as NYC/ORD... strange...
Sep 1, 2011, 8:52 am
#255
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 21
I've been wondering about this too. I live in New York these days and the best redemption value by far was on CX flights to HKG and onward. GIG/EZE were dirt-cheap as well (80000 and negligible fees in C). But Oneworld redemption info is not forthcoming...